Some Remarks on the Nature of Moroccan Regionalisms Based on the Analysis of University Admission Announcements
Some Remarks on the Nature of Moroccan Regionalisms Based on the Analysis of University Admission Announcements

Author(s): Agnieszka Pałka-Lasek
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: regionalisms; Arabic in Morocco; Arabic language varieties; Modern Written Arabic; university admission announcements
Summary/Abstract: Despite the fact that Modern Standard Arabic is generally consideredto be a common variant of the Arab world, a certain degree of regionaldifferentiation can be indicated. This diversity is particularly evident onthe lexical level. Terminological differences are the result of intra-languageprocesses, political and cultural conditions and, at the present stage oflanguage development, they are often the result of the domination of currentcommunication needs over normative actions.The source corpus consists of materials from the websites of the Moroccaninternet portal 9rayti.com, devoted to the subject of education. They formthe basis for lexicological studies and reflections in the field of linguisticpragmatics. Apart from the linguistic analysis, the aim of the paper is to presentthe administrative language of the region in a broader sociolinguistic context.

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